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I wasn't expecting to do a race while on a trip back to the US, but I took the Cornwall Run 7.5 mile challenge as an excuse to eat more birthday cake. Unexpected race, unexpected extra shirt. Surprise race I had actually been looking to run a race with my siblings in New Jersey, and after searching races there, we couldn't find anything we could agree on doing.  What I hadn't done was search races in New York state, where I would be staying for a few days with my aunt and uncle. When I arrived at their house for a birthday get-together for my uncle and me, my aunt told me the town of Cornwall was having a race the next day. Seeing as I was already pigging out on birthday food, I told myself I could justify this behavior by committing to do this race the next day. Less-than-ideal conditions Sunday morning was miserable. It was rainy. It was windy. Luckily, it wasn't cold, though, at 54F. So I still mustered up the motivation to do this run. I d...

I ran my first ever trail run - and probably my last. Peebles may have had beautiful scenery, but navigating through muddy terrain is unappealing. This lady don't like mud. Why Peebles While I love that these races take me away for the weekend, I wanted my October run closer to home as I will be traveling to the US at the end of the month.  Peebles checked the boxes for both close and somewhere new. Plus, I was intrigued by the idea of a trail run as I had never done one before, so this presented a new challenge. The main selling point, though, is that the race has a stretch under an old railway tunnel that they light up in funky colors. So a bit more excitement than the tunnels in Bath. The journey I've done trains and planes, but for Peebles, I had the luxury of a car ride. I ran the race with my coworker Tim who very kindly drove us to the race. No travel mishaps on the way down. Maybe a few on the way back. We'll get to that later. The run Mu...